How DeveloperHiring works
DeveloperHiring turns one developer role into five verified candidates in six stages. You paste the role, we source, screen, coding test, interview and verify every candidate the same way, and your team hires from a ranked top five.
What happens after you post a role?
Six stages run in order for every candidate, with the same rubric for everyone. You can watch each stage fill up in the pipeline.
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1
Source
Public developer profiles and public repositories
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2
Screen
Scores per skill with a written reason
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3
Assess
Real tasks, not puzzles
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4
Interview
Questions about the candidate's own code
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5
Verify
Paste, tab switch and keystroke playback
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6
Hire
Ranking across all stages
Source
179
Screen
63
Assess
26
Interview
12
Hire
5
Candidate 2627
Go, gRPC, Postgres
Candidate 9487
Go, Kubernetes, Prometheus
Candidate 9139
Go, Kafka, Redis
Stage 1, Source
Where do the candidates come from?
Candidates come from four places. Public developer profiles and public code, people who apply through your hosted role page, CSV imports of candidates you already have, and referrals from your team. Every outreach email has a one-click opt-out, and opted-out people are never contacted again.
- Public developer profiles and public repositories
- Hosted role page that candidates can apply to
- CSV import and team referrals
- Outreach with opt-out on every message
Skill matrix, weights add up to 100
Stage 2, Screen
How are candidates screened?
Each CV and each public code sample is scored against the skill matrix of your role. Every score comes with a written reason per skill, so you can see why someone ranks high or low. An async screening questionnaire goes out at the same time, so nobody waits for a phone call.
- Scores per skill with a written reason
- Blind review hides name, photo and age from scoring
- Async screening questions sent automatically
- You can override any score
Blind review on
Name and photo hidden until shortlist
92
overall
Code
91
Interview
87
Integrity
Clean
Stage 3, Assess
What does the coding test look like?
Candidates solve a realistic task in a browser editor with 30+ languages. Hidden test cases run in a sandbox and give an objective result. You can use a timed test or a take-home, and teams on Team and Scale can open a live coding room with a shared editor.
- Real tasks, not puzzles
- Hidden tests run in a sandbox
- Timed or take-home
- Live coding room on Team and Scale
func Check(ctx context.Context, urls []string, workers int) []Result {
results := make([]Result, len(urls))
sem := make(chan struct{}, workers)
var wg sync.WaitGroup
for i, u := range urls {
wg.Add(1)
go check(ctx, i, u, sem, results, &wg)
}
wg.Wait()
return results
}Running hidden tests
passed 9 of 11
failed respects_max_workers, times_out_slow_hostStage 4, Interview
What does the AI interview ask?
The AI interviewer asks follow-up questions about the candidate's own solution: why they chose a structure, what breaks at scale, how they would fix a failing test. The candidate is told about the AI interview before it starts. You get a transcript and a rubric score.
- Questions about the candidate's own code
- Disclosed before it starts
- Full transcript and rubric
- Hard to fake with copied answers
AI interviewer
Your checker starts one goroutine per URL and limits them with a semaphore. What happens with 50,000 URLs?
Candidate
Goroutines are cheap, but I would still start a fixed pool of workers reading from a channel, so memory stays flat.
AI interviewer
One test failed on a slow host. How does your code respect the context deadline?
Rubric
Stage 5, Verify
How do you check that the work is genuine?
Integrity signals show paste events, tab switches, keystroke playback, code similarity across candidates and the likelihood of AI-generated code. Webcam snapshots are optional and need consent. On Scale you can add an identity check that compares a document with a selfie.
- Paste, tab switch and keystroke playback
- Similarity across all candidates of the role
- AI-generated code likelihood
- Identity check on Scale
Paste events
1 small paste, from the task text
Tab switches
1 switch, longest 17 seconds
Keystroke playback
Steady typing, edits and reruns
Code similarity
31 percent with Candidate 3949 on helper code
AI-generated code likelihood
Low, style matches interview answers
Signals inform your team. They never reject a candidate on their own.
Stage 6, Hire
How does the shortlist work?
All stages feed one ranking. The top five candidates get a scorecard each, with code, interview and integrity results side by side. Your team books interviews through scheduling links and makes the decision. The hire is yours, with no placement fee.
- Ranking across all stages
- Scorecard per candidate
- Interview scheduling links for your team
- Export to your applicant tracking system
#1 Candidate 6919
Go, gRPC, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#2 Candidate 4744
Go, gRPC, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#3 Candidate 8545
Go, gRPC, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#4 Candidate 6533
Go, gRPC, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
#5 Candidate 2470
Go, gRPC, Postgres · code, interview and integrity done
How is this different from an agency or a test tool?
An agency sends resumes and charges a share of salary. A test tool covers one stage. DeveloperHiring runs the whole pipeline for a flat monthly price.
| Question | Recruiting agency | Coding test tool | DeveloperHiring |
|---|---|---|---|
| How you pay | Share of first year salary per hire | Per invite or per attempt credits | Flat monthly subscription |
| Who finds candidates | The agency | You | Sourcing is built in |
| Proof of skill | Recruiter notes | Test score | Code, interview and integrity on one scorecard |
| Same rubric for all | Rarely | For the test only | For every stage |
| Who decides | You | You | You, always |
Want the details of each stage? Read about the coding assessment, the AI technical interview and how we protect data on the security page. If you want to see it for one stack, start with how to hire Python developers.
Questions about how it works
Ready to see five verified developers for your role?
Paste a role description and get a skill matrix, screening questions and a sample coding task. Plans start at $99 per month billed yearly, with no placement fees.